Improved table-attachment for bedsteads



edltatea E. D. W. HATCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 89,146, dated April 20, 1869.

IIMPRO'VED TABLE-ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be itknown that I, Mrs. E. D. W. HATCH, of Chicago, in the county. ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improvedTable-Attachment for Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art tomake and use the' same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a Vertical longitudinal section ofmy improved table, as attached vto a bedstead.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple and convenient tablefor attachment to bedsteads, lounges, 85e., designed especially forinvalids use, which shall be so constructed and arranged that it may beadjusted in height or position as the convenience of those using it m, yrequire; and

It consists in the table, constructed as hereinafter more fullydescribed, when used in connection with a bedstead, lounge, or othersimilar support.

A represent-s an ordinary bedstead, about the construction of whichthere is nothing new.

B is the table, which should be of convenient length and breadth, butwhich need not be as long as the bedstead is broad.

The table B is formed of two boards, of the same length and breadth,which are adjustably-connected to each other by four jointed arms C, twoupon each side, the ends of which are pivoted to the edges ofthe twoboards that form the table.

The joint of the arms C is formed by means Yof 'a bolt and thumb-nut,said bolt passing through holes in the clamped in the position intowhich it may have been adjusted.

By losening the said thumb-nuts, the heightof the table may beconveniently adjusted, as required.

D are the legs of the table, which are made as shown in g. l, and arehinged to the lower side ofthe ends of the lower board ofthe table B, insuch a positionv that the lower ends of said legs may rest upon the siderails of the bedstead, or upon bars attached to said side rails.

Upon the lower ends. of two of the legs D are formed tenons, which enterthe holes, or sockets a, in the side rails of the bedstead, and the endsof the other two legs D are so formed as to it into the notches a2,formed in the side rails of the bedstead, or in bars attached to saidside rails. y

By this construction, the table may be moved toward either end of thebedstead, as the convenience ofthose using the table may require.

Having thus described my invention,

. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The adjustabletable B C D, and sockets and notches al a2, either or both, whenconstructed substantially as herein shown and described, and used inconnection with a bedstead, or similar support, as and for the purposes'et forth.

. MRS. E. D. W. HATCH. Witnesses:

, B.. NORMAN FOSTER,

J. K. MERRHJL.

